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]]> It sounds incredible but its true! Over 36,000 young girls, mostly ranging between the ages of nine and 17, have been rescued from domestic sexual violence and others from commercial sex trafficking over a period of nine years!
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]]> I hope so many people are offended by this blog that they march in the streets and raise all kinds of ruckus. I am so tired of people saying so much and doing so little. If this nation is to survive, the by all that is right, do it before it is too late.
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]]> A report from the Boston Globe on the potentially contagious nature of some types of cancer in humans. Long known to be contagious in some animals, including dogs, researchers are finding contagious cancer can affect humans, too.
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]]> Yes, it really was about the oil. "Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain “a prisoner of its energy dilemma” as long as Saddam Hussein was in power
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]]> Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government's most urgent warning on Cipro and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause tendon ruptures, a serious injury that leaves some patients incapacitated.
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Did you know that science is bad?

So say America's new brand of Religio-Fascists.

They're hard at work preparing the next generation for their role in the New Feudalism...
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]]> Two environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn new federal regulations that grants permission to oil companies working in the Chukchi Sea to disturb the polar bears and walrus that live there.
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]]> Naturalists feared on Tuesday for endangered California condors caught up in a massive two week-old blaze still sweeping through the scenic Big Sur area.
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]]> Iran test fired nine long- and medium-range missiles on Wednesday, state media said, including one which it has said could reach Israel and U.S. bases in the region
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]]> Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medici
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]]> "The package of spending and tax cuts proposed by Senator John McCain is unlikely to achieve his goal of balancing the federal budget by 2013, economists and fiscal experts said Monday."
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]]> I never throw anything away. You never know what will come in handy for a craft project or fill a need around the house. Besides, recycling stuff is better than adding to the landfills and it's good for our environment!
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]]> Seven children and two dogs were left alone in a locked hot van. Their parents face child endangerment charges. Eyewitnesses say the parents were shopping in two stores near Maryland Parkway and Tropicana while their children, ages one to seven,
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]]> More taxpayer dollars down the nuclear hole.
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]]> Have you ever wondered whether dishtowels are better for the environment than paper towels, or if cloth napkins are greener than paper napkins?
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]]> In a couple of weeks London's East End will be the home of the first official vegan gourmet restaurant in the country, Saf.
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]]> The British government said on Monday it would not permit badger culling to tackle tuberculosis (TB) in cattle,risking the anger of farmers.Instead,Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced fresh investment for vaccinations for cattle and badgers.Badger
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]]> At first glance, Giant Hogweed resembles Queen Anne's lace, but with just a touch the plant can cause blistering and burns.
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]]> It's 7:30 p.m. on Sunday night. Metal mesh traps are set out with food trays filled with cut mackerel, canned tuna and chicken. The towel-draped "dining rooms" baited with pungent chow are strategically placed around a well-lit parking lot in hopes of
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]]> "Argentine scientists are taking a novel approach to studying global warming -- strapping plastic tanks to the backs of cows to collect their burps."
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]]> Pets can pick up ticks by walking in long grass or forests just like people.
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]]> Nine environmental groups said Tuesday they plan to sue the federal government if wolverines aren't granted protection under the Endangered Species Act within 60 days.

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]]> As hundreds of whale watchers looked on Monday, Scott Landry and his team set out to rescue a 40-ton humpback with a rope looped around its head like a horse's bridle.


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]]> LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. - Eurasian milfoil may look innocent enough, but looks can be deceiving. The plant is taking over Adirondack lakes and waterways.
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]]> "Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday in war games officials say are in response to U.S. and Israeli threats, state television reported."
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“She staggered, she foamed, she was having
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]]> LAKE WORTH, Texas — A teenager is suspected of delivering baskets of drug-laced treats to about a dozen police departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to police who charged him Tuesday with LSD possession. 3 officers have gotten sick.
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]]> After missing for more than a week, Old Dirty, the 3-year old pit bull from Stoneham was found Saturday, July 5th, on a Wakefield woman's front lawn, suffering from injuries after a car struck him several days prior.
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]]> At the Colorado appearance where he stressed his economic program, John McCain got a question about a vet that he didn’t seem too happy about.
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]]> The original Rambo - weary and ageing - might still be in action. But Mumbai's own Rambo is beginning to feel the pressure.

The city's star police sniffer dog has been admitted to the animal hospital in Parel after he succumbed to fatigue.
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The young cats are presumed dead, likely crushed beneath all the waste, animal control said.

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]]> How about having your dream house in the country right here and now, in the middle of the city? Eco-Libris blog reviews 'The Urban Homestead - Your guide to self-sufficient living in the heart of the city' by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen.
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]]> A new mathematical model indicates that dust devils,water spouts,tornadoes, hurricanes and cyclones are all born of the same mechanism and will intensify as climate change warms the Earth's surface.The new equation,developed by Univ. of Mich. atmospheric
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]]> ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Two conservation groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's decision to let oil companies unintentionally harass or harm polar bears and walruses off the northwestern Alaska coas
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On Tuesday morning, through the glass panes of a patio door, he was startled to see a white-and-brown goat with horns.
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]]> Poor ferrets -- all those terrible rumors go round about them: they smell, they bite, they're mean and nasty. They're even illegal to own in some places.But,"People who get ferrets have a tendency to become ferret addicts."


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]]> Scientists have announced the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system,the Abrolhos Bank,off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state.The newly discovered area is also>>
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]]> At 200 years old, Wood Island lighthouse off Biddeford Pool has seen its share of lighthouse keepers, shipwrecks and storms. It also has its share of ghost stories attached to it.
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]]> The US downplaying of the Iraqi displacement crisis, a potent symbol of US failure in Iraq, is as short-sighted as it is immoral.



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]]> She has a mind of her own, and is one fiercely independent gal.

So you may be surprised to learn that the first thing Molly B. did after moving to the Hot Springs area was to find herself a man.
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]]> An internet security expert in the US says he has found a gaping hole in the World Wide Web
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]]> The problem with fads is they not only come, but they go. Which is one thing if you’re a plastic hula-hoop.

It’s a whole different matter if your name is Walter.

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]]> The US must protect endangered wildlife from global warming and other threats within its own borders and not rely on other countries like Canada,to do the job,according to 10 conservation organizations that announced today its intention to file a legal>>
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